I was in bed the other night, and I may have slept for an hour or two when I was called for the train that nobody wants- the " KCKBAR." It weighed over 21,000 tons! That is the heaviest train I've ever had. On duty time was 13 minutes after midnight. Our train had 3 motors on the head end, 3 in the middle, and 2 on the rear. It was also a key train, so we would be limited to 50 MPH. With our 5/50 throttle limit our HPT was only 1.6, so we barely had enough power to get up the hill. There was a lot of traffic ahead of us, and my engineer ad I doubted that we would make it to Barstow. But, to our surprise, they gave us the signal as soon as our train came in and they kept us moving. We got to Barstow in under 7 hours. So we had plenty of tme to put our train away. The router said "Receiving 6 and 7." So as we nosed into Recevng 6 I called for a van. Our van was waiting for us when we got to the end of R6. I briefed with her. I told her that I would ride the shove and for her to meet me at the east end of R 7. My engineer pulled ahead. It was cold! On cold mornings like this I ponder my career choice. Finally the DPs were in front of me. I told my engineer to stop the train, tied 3 brakes behind the DPs, and made the cut. I rode the motor over the swtich, When we were over it the router threw it, and I guided the shove into R7. The front half of our train fit easily into R7. We were to take our head end power to the "Balloon Pocket." I had my van run me to the head end of my train and told her to meet us in the Balloon Pocket. I made the cut, shoved us over the switch and when the router threw the switch I guided the shove. There is a switch to the balloon pocket that the router throws, but there is a manual derail that I had to throw. I got down and threw it and guided my enginee into the balloon pocket. I had the van run me back to the derail and put it up. The van ran us to the depot. I left my grip there and we went to our DP on the rear of R6. I released the van. I made the cut. We shoved over the swtich, and went back to our other DPs. My engineer said to just lace the "big hose," or the "pipe" as we callit, and not connect the electrical cables and the MU hoses. One of the DPs was a Canadian motor and it had a hose like I've never seen. It wanted to fight me. I finally managed to get the hoses laced. and made the cut. The yard crew was aleady kicking the cars that we had left on R6. The router said, "high low." We would go around the crew kicking our cars . We went out the east end of the yard, down past where the WJ signal was, (they removed almost all of the singals in the Barstow Yard), and then went forward under the bridge. My engineer was in the lead motor, and it was facing the right way, so I didn't have to shove any more. Diesel Service told us to put the motors on track 14, and when we got there we were lined in. I didn't have to get down and throw any switches. I was done for the day. By the time I got to the htoel it was too late for breakfast. I had to wait for a room so I went across the street and grabbed a burrito while i was waitng. My room was ready when I got back. It was around noon by then. I went to bed, woke up around 7 to watch some TV (I saw President Trmp meeting with that man that was released from Russia) then grabbed another burrito from across the street. I was not showing out until the next morning, and I was wondering if they were going to start deadheading people. I got back to sleep and I got called for a stack train at 2:40 am with a different engineer. It was the "S LBELPC," going from Long Beach to Logistic Park in Chicago. We had 101 cars, weighed over 8900 tons, and we were over 9400 feet long. We had 3 motors on the head end and 2 on the rear. We waited a long time for our train to come in, and departed from the steps at 5:40 am. We had a 13 mile Form B from mile post 700 to 687. They are replacing the ties. We were restricted to 25 MPH for one mile. It was a good trip, but things started to fall apart when we got closer to Needles. The train ahead of us went into emergency, and we went around them. Then they held us at West Needles for nearly 2 hours and let two Z trains run around us. We got in around 12:54. I took a SMART Rest. I'm projected to go out tomorrow afternoon. The extra board has been turning like crazy. I have attached a picture of our leader the 6910.